"When doing the ../bin/sym root.properties--auto-create as said in sample pdf, autocreation fails for some tables. Reason: symmetric tries to create some of its table fields with double precision(20,0) maximum that firebird supports is 18, so correct sql would be double precision(18, 0) In addition, creating example database also fails because fieldname day is keyword in firebird 2.1.2 and should be surrounded with quotes, like ""day"" The first problem is the biggest showstopper, since until it's fixed, all installations will need to be done manually. Or ar least half manually (only failed sql commands)."